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Siddur Beit Rachel and Shaar Hallel Yah – With Prayers and Bakashot by Rabbi Naftali Katz, Author of Semichat Chachamim – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1741

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Year-round Siddur according to the Ashkenazic and Polish rite, with the Book of Tehillim, and Beit Rachel and Shaar Hallel Yah, including kabbalistic prayers, songs and confessions by R. Naftali Katz, Rabbi of Frankfurt, author of Semichat Chachamim. Amsterdam: Hertz Levi Rofe son of Alexander Ziskind of Emden, [1741]. First edition.


First edition of Beit Rachel and Shaar Hallel Yah by R. Naftali Katz, which was later printed several times independently and as part of other Siddur editions.
Divisional title page for Beit Rachel and Shaar Hallel Yah and Book of Tehillim.
Simple commentary in bottom margins.


All three parts in one volume. Beit Rachel and Shaar Hallel Yah (bound at the beginning of the book): 16 leaves. Siddur: 115, 118-163, 166-400 leaves. Tehillim: 90 leaves. Missing 10 leaves: [6] first leaves of the Siddur (including title page), and leaves 116-117, 164-165. Leaf 241 bound out of sequence after leaf 247, and leaf 248 bound out of sequence after leaf 256. 16.5 cm. Most leaves of the Siddur in fair-good condition, Beit Rachel and Shaar Hallel Yah and first leaves of Siddur in fair condition. Many stains, including dark dampstains. Wear to some leaves. Worming. Tears, including open tears affecting text. Detached leaves and gatherings (including title page of Beit Rachel). Margins of several leaves repaired with paper. Close trimming, affecting text. Early leather binding, worn, with damage and tears.

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Siddurim and Prayer Books
Siddurim and Prayer Books